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Transcript from Nov 28, 2011: Global Product Management Talk Veronica Figarella, Product Management Expert Product Portfolio Management MAIL: http://bit.ly/ouZN8J FB:http://on.fb.me/ncKUD8 Site: http://bit.ly/dESAcb Hear: http://bit.ly/nbw9YrVeronica Figarella, Product Management Expert, Leads Discussion About EffectivelyManaging Multiple Products Podcast: http://bit.ly/sJpGF5 Links: http://bit.ly/vmAFcC INTRO Veronica Figarella, Product Management Expert, spoke at the weekly Global Product Management Talk on Twitter Monday, November 28, 2011 at 4:00 PM Pacific Time using the hashtag #prodmgmttalk Each week, The Global Product Management Talk features an expert guest speaker who asks questions of the participants on Twitter in a Socratic discussion. The speaker and co-hosts broadcast their comments over BlogTalkRadio. The transcript of Tweets and podcast are available after thelive event.ABOUT VERONICA FIGARELLAVeronica Figarella is an experienced Product Manager and Marketing Specialist. Her experience includesmore than 10 years with the Telecom Industry, including Verizon (latam) as a Product DevelopmentManager, Telecom NZ (Australia) as a Business Portfolio Analyst, and managing all the Micro and SMB(voice and data products) for Singtel (Australia). She currently provides Small Business Consulting and is aguest lecturer at Universidad Metropolitana, UNIMET teaching entrepreneurial skills to undergraduatestudents.Veronica says, “As a regular participant of the Global Product Management Talks, I am thrilled to share myknowledge and learn from my product management colleagues online as we discuss our experiences onManaging Portfolios of Products!”MENTIONED DURING TALKProduct Portfolio Management – Maximizing return with a complex product mix http://bit.ly/rJtQN2Do Small Software Companies Need Portfolio Management, Too? http://bit.ly/sF0sC4The Product Development Benchmark Report http://bit.ly/uarzIkNew Product Portfolio Management – What is it? http://bit.ly/skcjswBook: Portfolio Management For New Products: Robert G. Cooper, Scott J. Edgett, Elko J. Kleinschmidt:http://amzn.to/sjBljMProduct Portfolio Management http://bit.ly/q6bxKKQUESTIONS DISCUSSED Q1. Is there more to Portfolio Management than budgeting and resource allocation? Q2. What are the consequences of poor Portfolio Management? Q3. What are some of the approaches to Portfolio Management? Q4. When should the Portfolio Management Process kick in? Q5. What are the key actions to design a Portfolio Management process? Q6. When/How do you "kill" a product from your portfolio? Q7. What is the best HR structure for optimal Portfolio Management? Q8. Is there a "logical" way of grouping products to be managed by a single PM?_______________________________________________________________________________________________Sponsor us http://bit.ly/gF0Tt3 http://bit.ly/nnkOjG Thank you @prodmgmttalk #prodmgmttalk GLOBAL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT TALK http://www.prodmgmttalk.com/ 1